History Quotes

I would go back to the past and watch one of the early Beatles shows, because they were such a massive part of cultural history. As a younger person, you feel you missed out on that.

Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.

Live out of your imagination, not your history.

I like to define biology as the history of the earth and all its life – past, present, and future.

The systen is not broken. It was built this way.

In history, a great volume is unrolled for our instruction, drawing the materials of future wisdom from the past errors and infirmities of mankind.

I am not a victim. No matter what I have been through, I’m still here. I have a history of victory.

A nation that fails to plan intelligently for the development and protection of its precious waters will be condemned to wither because of its shortsightedness. The hard lessons of history are clear, written on the deserted sands and ruins of once proud civilizations.

Let us study things that are no more. It is necessary to understand them, if only to avoid them.

There is a difference between what technology enables and what historical business practices enable.